Rangers center Filip Chytil missed the entire third period of Tuesday's game against the Dallas Stars with an apparent upper-body injury.

Filip Chytl left the New York Rangers’ game against the Dallas Stars o Tuesday night with an upper-body injury as he’s been ruled out for the remainder of the contest. UPDATE: Filip Chytil (upper body) will not return tonight.

The Rangers blew yet another lead in the final stages of the period and ultimately lost in overtime, marking a crushing night for the Blueshirts. No matter how well the Rangers may have been playing through parts of the game, it’s inexcusable to choke a lead of this magnitude on your home ice.

The Rangers beat a team by more than two goals for the first time in almost two months in a 6-2 rout of the Blackhawks.

The Rangers dropped four games in a row, and Filip Chytil is trying his best to help the team. New York lost to the Florida Panthers Monday.

New York Rangers center Filip Chytil scored twice in their victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday afternoon. Chytil scored his first of the afternoon in the opening minutes of the second frame on a wrist shot.

The New York Rangers host the Dallas Stars after Filip Chytil's two-goal game against the Chicago Blackhawks in the Rangers' 6-2 win

Filip Chytil scored twice and Brett Berard, Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren each earned two assists to lift the visiting New York Rangers to a 6-2 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

New York Rangers centre Filip Chytil was forced to leave Tuesday's game early. The Rangers said Chytil suffered an upper-body injury in a game against the Dallas Stars. It's unclear how he was injured but his final shift came with four minutes to go in the second period.

The New York Rangers entered Sunday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks having fallen several games below the .500 mark after an inexplicable slide.

So the Rangers will happily accept Sunday afternoon’s 6-2 win over Chicago in the United Center, especially given that this is a team that beat them in Madison Square Garden Dec. 9, and considering the victory was just the Blueshirts’ seventh in the last 22 games.